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Horseshoe Calk. No. 241,516. Y Patented May 17, 18er.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIEAMSNYDER, oE owENsBoRoUGH, KENTUCKY, AssIGNoR or QNETHIRD To JOHN M. eAEsoN, or SAME PLAGE.

HORSESHOE-CALK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,516, dated May 17, 18811,

Application filed February l2, 1881.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owensborough, Daviess county, and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toe-Galks for Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyln g drawings and the letters of reference4 marked thereon, in which- Figure lis aperspective view of my improved toe-calk for horseshoes. Fig. 2 is a perspective sectional view of a horseshoe with the toecalk shown in Fig. l applied thereto. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a toe-calk for horseshoes constructed substantially the same as that shown in Fig. 1, with the addition of lateral wings 3 and Fig. 4 is a" plan view of a horseshoe turned upside down and with the toe calk shown in Fig. 3 applied thereto.

My invention relates to an improved construction of toe-calks for horseshoes, and the object of my invention is to provide a toe-ealk which shall consist of one homogeneous piece of metal so formed that it may readily be applied to a machinemade horseshoe, (which does not have a toe-ealk formed upon it when put upon the market,) as well as to a handmade horseshoe, and possess all the necessary constructions required for its permanent application to a shoe, either before or after the shoe has been nailed. to a horses hoof.

Myimproved toe-calk (indicated in the drawings by the letter A) is made `of a single piece of metal, having a body portion, b, adapted to tit and have a broad bearing against the under side and front edge of the toe portion of ahorseshoe, as signiied in the drawings. This body portion b is turned down in front,-so as to form the calk proper, b', of the toe-calk, as shown, while at the rear of the body portion b a clinching or welding lap, b2, is provided. This lap projects upwardly, as at b4, nearly at a right angle with the body b, a distance equal t0 the ordinary thickness of the inner edge of a horseshoe, and is then turned down nearly parallel with the body portion b, as shown.

The lap b2, as clearlyr shown in the figures, is of a length greater than the combined width (No model.)

and thickness of the shoe B at the point where the toe-calk is applied to the shoe, so that its end, which is beveled, as at b3, in order to facilitate its bending, may overlap the outer edge of the shoe and lap down upon the calk proper, b', when applied to the shoe B, as indicated in sectional view, Fig. 2, the toe-ealk thus entirely inclosing'the shoe at its point of application thereon.

In applying the toe-calk A to the shoeB before it is nailed lo a horses hoof, the shoe is slid into position between the body portion b and lap b2 of the toe-calli. This done, the parts may, if desired, be subjected to a welding heat and the lap b2 turned down from its position shown in Fig. l to its condition shown in Fig. 2, with its beveled end b3 lapping upon the ealk proper, b', as shown.

In Fig. 3 I have shown my improved toecalk with lateral win gs w w, extending out from its body portion b. These wings serve to give additional bearing and security to the toe-calk upon the shoe, and are perforated at n n, to correspond with like perforations in the shoe B, so that when this ealk has been applied toa shoe one of the nails used in fastening the shoe to the hoof of a horse will pass through a perforation, a, of the wings, and thus contribute to the security ofthe toe-call; upon the shoe.

Instead of welding the calk to the shoe and then applying the shoe to the hoof of a horse, the calk may readily be applied to a shoe already upon the horses hoof. This is done by cutting or burning a slot in the hoof, just above the shoe, similar to the lap b2, so as to receive the same, and then inserting the lap through the slot from the rear of the toe-point edge of the shoe, after which the thinned end b3 is drawn down or clinched upon the front edge of the shoe and upon the calk proper, b', as shown in Fig. 2. In this manner my improved toe-call; may be applied to any ordinary shoe already nailed to a horses hoof, thus saving the time required to remove the shoe in order to apply the calk, as well as the time to reset the shoe.

I claiml. In a toe-ealk for horseshoes, the combination of a body portion, b, a calk proper, l1', and

a lap elinching or Welding portion, b2, of a length sufficient to extend entirely over the toe portion of the shoe and down in front thereof, and to be Welded or clinched tothe calk proper, 5 b', substantially as described.

2. The perforated Wings 'L0 ze, in combination with the Welding or oiinohing lap b2, body porl tion b, and caik proper, b', substantially as described,

Signed in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses: HIRAM SNYDER.

G. HAGERMAN, J. W. HALY. 

